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The Ottawa Folk Festival a week after the fact

The folk festival was last weekend and while I spent the whole weekend there, I never got around to posting anything about it, so now I’m just playing a bit of catch-up.

Folks:

folks

Children dancing in the rain by the ice cream cart:

Kids

Spongebob Squarepants:

Spongebob

Here’s the Maple Leaf Brass Band – just as enjoyable as when I saw them on Canada Day, but somehow a very different kind of performance:

Maple Leaf Brass Band

I liked this baby – everybody else started seeking shelter from the rain, but the baby just perked right up:

Baby in the rain

ElizaMeet Eliza Gilkyson, who I’m absolutely convinced would be just as well known as Joni Mitchell if she didn’t have the world’s most forgettable name. She’s funny and brilliant and I adore her songs and bought two of her CDs, but every time I have to say or write her name I have to google her because her last name will NOT grow roots in my brain.

Some of the other musicians I enjoyed but did not photograph include Rick Fines, Greg Brown, and Steve Earle. (I got to experience watching Dar Williams, Iris Dement and Greg Brown from a chair in the low chair section, kindly provided by Dave, and I think perhaps I might be a chair person after all.)

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